The concert also features an ensemble of six young performers, many of whom are making their 54 Below debuts: Michelle Cameron, Adrienne Eller, Zachary Infante, Dimitri Joseph Moïse, Lizzy Perkins and Tim Sampson.

Paul Scott Goodman’s rock musical, according to press notes, "follows a week in the life of Jamie, a successful young writer who loses himself in the chaos of 1980s New York City." This is the first NYC performance of Bright Lights, Big City, which premiered at New York Theater Workshop in 1999, since 2002.